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how many mm’s you need for a Galaxy, because unlike all
other aircraft it landed on runway 30 instead of runway 12...
With this many mm’s you will probably get some degree of
heathaze distortion on warm days (thus almost year-round).
When runway 30 is in use, the distance from the fence will
be even bigger. The best spots are most likely near the Pima
Museum or at the corner of E Drexel Road/S Craycroft Road,
but this isn’t based on my personal experience.
Tucson (AZ) 15 November 2017
A7-CEI Global 5000 Qatar Executive
N123HP, N494GS Bell 206L-1 Southwest Heliservices
N608CL G-IV Kaiser Air
Casa Grande (AZ) 15 November 2017
N970AE AS350B3 PHI Air Medical
N2871G/”6302” PB4Y-2 Gosshawk Unlimited
With no ramp tour possibility at Pinal Airpark, we spent a few
more hours at Tucson before heading back north to Phoenix.
We made a short stop at the small and quiet airfield of Casa
Grande. There is very little to see but at least you will have
the sun in your back most of the day. The Cactus Fly-In is held
each year in March which should bring some more action to
this airport.
Glendale (AZ) 15 November 2017
N35HD Beech C90B Guardian Flight
N93KA Beech F90 John E. Braly
N132HS Beech E90 Central Virginia Aviation
N279AE Bell 206L-1 Civil Air Support
N292DD R22 Civil Air Support
N402EM Beech C90 Central Virginia Aviation
N554US Beech 95-55 Stephen E. Hunter
N799GK Beech C90
N850JA BAe125-1000B MAC Air Group
(N42171) UH-34D
Stored
N290CC Beech A90
Glendale is located in the western part of the Phoenix metro
area. The airport is very similar to Chandler: dominated by
small single-engine aircraft and all activities are located west
of the runway. At the south end there are a few stored twin
Beeches.
Goodyear (AZ) 15 November 2017
F-GKHK A320-212 XL Airways France
N174CF Ce501 Mazurah
N333NV A319-111 Allegiant Air
N362UP, N363UP B767-346ERF UPS
N451AA MD-82 American Airlines
N492A G-III Western Jet Aviation
N516UA, N520UA B757-222 United Airlines
N528UA, N548UA B757-222 United Airlines
N544SC R44 Touchstone Helicopters
N579N TBM-850 Mari B Holdings
N640CS B737-4Y0 US DoJ/JPATS
N757MQ B757-230 Asia Pacific Airlines
N777EA DC-7C Pyramid Oil
N828Q Beech 65 Barron Thomas
N901AS B737-33A ex Air Indus
Stored
B-2057 B777-21BER ex China Southern
F-GSKY B747-312 ex Corsair
HC-CMP A319-132 ex TAME
LY-VEP A320-233 ex Avion Express
N417XA B737-484 ex Songbird Airways
N434US B737-4B7 ex US Airways
N451AA MD-82 ex American Airlines
VP-BJB B777-21BER ex Nordwind Airlines
VQ-BNU B777-2Q8ER ex Orenair
XA-JLI ERJ145LR ex AeroMexico Connect
Another aircraft boneyard in the desert, but this one is a bit
more accessible than Pinal Airpark. The operational area
with hangars and aprons is located in the northeast corner,
whereas many of the stored aircraft can be found on the west
side of the runway along an abandoned taxiway. It is easy to
reach these stored aircraft because you can turn south off W
Yuma Road and drive on a dirt road along the fence line. A
ladder is necessary to photograph over the fence and security
was actually friendly and understanding of our hobby. Best
time to be here is the afternoon.
Buckeye (AZ) 15 November 2017
(N126HP) A-26C Hans O. Lauridsen
N216HU/”7238” HU-16C Hans O. Lauridsen
N243DC DC-3C Hans O. Lauridsen
N413PB PBY-5A Hans O. Lauridsen
(N3438G) TB-25J Hans O. Lauridsen
N15501 C-119G Hans O. Lauridsen
(N71456) C-1A Hans O. Lauridsen
Just west of the Phoenix metro area you can find the small
and quiet airport of Buckeye. When driving at the I-10 (Phoe-
nix-Los Angeles), take exit 109 and turn south on S Palo Verde
Road. The airport will appear on your right hand side. Usually
there isn’t much to see except for part of the Lauridsen Avia-
tion Museum collection. The planes are not actually located
at a museum, but rather in an old open barn on the north side
for restoration purposes. The sun will be in your back early
morning or late afternoon. There used to be another Invader
at this field as a gate guard (N4819E), but unfortunately it has
disappeared.
This C-130H is part of the 43rd Electronic Combat Squadron. It was photographed at its home base Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (AZ) by Joost
de Wit on 14 November 2017.
